JADE GARDEN Chinese Restaurant in Manila :) (First Look)

JADE GARDEN is a local branch of one of our favorite Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong. It recently re-opened in Glorietta -- just in time for Chinese New Year -- and is operated by the same owners of Peking Garden.

Here's our Jade Garden experience...

Jade Garden is located at the 2nd floor of Glorietta 2.

I love how maaliwalas the ambiance is, with green and gold motifs, like a restaurant in the Emerald City.

They have 6 private rooms that you can reserve for your special celebrations.

There's a minimum consummable rate of P15,000 for Monday to Friday lunch/dinner and Saturday lunch, and P20,000 for Saturday dinner and Sunday lunch/dinner.

The rooms can accommodate 2 tables with 12 seats and can be combined for bigger celebrations.

I like room #6, which has a window view of Fairmont.

You can also reserve the booth tables all the way at the end of the resto for added privacy.

We were disappointed with this dish. It's not the type of Chinese food flavor we're used to.

Crispy Noodles with Seafood (Small - P520 +10% service charge).

Simple crispy noodles. We've had better versions in other restos.

Jasmine Green Tea (P20/person +10% service charge).

Chinese food goes well with tea, so make sure to order one of their premium teas. :)

I appreciate that they do the packing of the leftovers table-side, so you can be sure your food is handled properly.

Overall, I like the clean taste of the dishes at JADE GARDEN, even though some got mixed reviews. We love the Hakaw, Chiuchow Dumplings, Assorted Seafood & Vegetables in Fish Soup Hot Casserole, and Pan-fried Sliced Beef in Lingnan Sauce.

It's set up as a fine dining restaurant, so they don't have dimsum carts. But the small serving size of their dishes is already good for sharing with 5-6 people, so best to eat with a big group.

Budget is about P600-P800/head.

Maybe we didn't order the right dishes during our visit. Any tips on what to get next time?

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Ate there tonight. I'd consider it a disaster. We ordered 8 dishes but only 5 came out and those missing 3 we're all main courses so we left with still hungry tummies. For some reason, our orders never made it onto their system despite placing our orders with one of their head waiters. I'd like to believe this is an isolated case but I hope they handled the situation better. We didn't even get an apology.